Weird News: Two Jailed Over Deadly Exorcism
Thursday, February 4, 2010
I found this item curious because the traditional exorcism is believed to have been used as a form of therapy for poorly understood mental disorders. In this instance, one of the murderers who caused this ritual to go terribly awry was supposedly afflicted with bipolar problems. Are today's exorcists the true sufferers of madness (or supernatural possession, depending on your interpretation)? Or has this been the case for far longer than many would care to consider?
